[NAEP] Help us out, win $500

[Dawn Wiseman]

Happy holidays everyone. We hope you all have a wonderful time with 
family and friends over the next few weeks. Before you go off to spend 
time with your loved ones, we wanted to let you know about a new project 
in which we are involved.

NAEP is acting as the information gathering source for a growing network 
of people across the country who are interested in engaging 
Aboriginal young people in math and science. As a first step, we are 
hoping to compile a complete inventory of existing programmes, projects, 
initiatives etc. for Aboriginal children and youth (and their parents 
and communities) which focus on math and science. We are particularly 
interested in programmes which provide means for young people to examine 
both indigenous and western approaches to understanding the world and 
the way it works.

Do the young people in your community participate in any science/math/IK 
focused programme operated by the tribal authority, community centre, 
region, province, school or an enthusiastic local teacher?  It could be 
a science fair or camp, a cultural fair, an after school club or a 
community centre group. We know there are many excellent and exciting 
programmes out there, and are hoping to find a way to more effectively 
share information about them.

Please visit the following site to submit information about programmes 
in your local area,
http://www.nativeaccess.com/teacher1/survey2.php.

There is a deadline of February 10, 2006, 17h00 EST for submission.

In order to encourage your participation in this project, everyone who 
submits a programme to the inventory will be eligible for a drawing for 
a $500 gift certificate from Chapters. Please note that we are 
particularly interested in programmes based in Canada, however, 
programmes based  in the US or other countries which allow for 
participation of students from Canada can also be submitted.

All the best,
Dawn